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IF YOU STEAL FROM A
VETERANS' MEMORIAL... GET
READY TO PAY A BIGGER FEDERAL
PENALTY. SENATOR
BLUMENTHAL... AND OTHER
CONNECTICUT LEADERS... ARE
HAILING THE PASSAGE OF A NEW
AMENDMENT. IT WAS INTRODUCED
IN RESPONSE TO THEFTS AT
MEMORIALS IN SEVERAL PARTS OF
THE STATE.NEWS 8'S STEPHANIE
SIMONI IS LIVE IN NEW
BRITAIN.... FILLING US IN ON
THE TOUGHER CONSEQUENCES A
THIEF COULD FACE.
STEPHANIE... DON, ON THE WEEK
PEARL HARBOR'S ANNIVERSARY,
THE SENATE PASSED AN AMENDMENT
WHICH WOULD MAKE TOUGHER
PENALTIES FOR CRIMINALS WHO
STEAL OR VANDALISM MONUMENTS.
LIKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IN
NEW BRITAIN...THERE USED TO BE
TWO PLAQUES OF NAMES HERE.
NEIGHBORS SAY ITS BEEN SEVERAL
MONTHS SINCE THE BRONZE
PLAQUES WERE STOLEN.SENATOR
RICHARD BLUMEBENTHAL MET US
HERE AT KULPER PARK TO TALK
ABOUT THE NEW BILL.RIGHT NOW A
FEDERAL PENALTY ONLY KICKS IN
IF THEY CROSS STATE LINES WITH
ANYTHING WORTH 5-THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR MORE.WELL, THE
SENATE JUST PASSED AN
AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD MAKE THE
CRIME PUNISHABLE WITH UP TO
TEN YEARS IN PRISON AND A
MINIMUM FINE OF 250 THOUSAND
(:19)((THESE VETERANS SERVED
AND SACRIFICED FOR OUR NATION
AND THE PUNISHMENT OUGHT TO BE
FEDERAL SO THAT NOT ONLY
NEW BRITAIN WASNT ALONE.OVER
IN ANSONIA IN APRIL, PLAQUES
WERE STOLEN.OFTENTIMES, THIS
METAL IS JUST USED FOR SCRAP
FOR A COUPLE OF BUCKS.
BLUMEBTHAL SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT
THE AMENDMENT WILL PASS THE
HOUSE...IF T DOES IT WILL
BECOME LAW IN A FEW WEEKS.LIVE
IN NEW BRITAIN, SS NEWS 8
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